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Jim you suggested I should steady my clutch foot against something to try to smooth out the jumpy clutch. Your suggestion does work. Yesterday I held the top of my clutch leg tight against the bottom of the steering wheel while slipping the clutch while backing up. It did smooth out. Soon as I used a 'free leg' the grabbing started again. When I have the leg against the sheering wheel I can't twist my body to see the drawbar but we don't use the drawbar often. Another thing I have observed is the clutch is not as grabby when the mower is engaged, probably because the pull from starting the blades spinning smooths things out, similar to a flywheel. I have a suspicion these tractors were smooth when they were new because the driveline was tight but the affects of old age makes them grumpy, er, grabby. Jim
 
Some of the pressure lates used had different "fingers" on them and they one or so could be worn enough to not have equal pressure when clutch pedal is pushed and also could not be adjusted even this will make a grabby clutch. Slipping will not correct that problem.
 
You need to check your fingers on the pressure plate some didnt have wide and strong fingers if the fingers arent adjusted even this will also make the clutch grabby
 
There is no oil on the clutch but the fingers could very well be out of adjustment. It's a simple tractor to split so some day I probably will have it apart just to check it out. Jim
 
When teaching "stick shift" to beginning Driver Education students, I instructed them to hold the heel of the left foot on the floorboard of the vehicle and use the ankle joint for control. Or slowly slide the heel of the foot back for control. A "free foot" leads to a lot of control problems for less experienced operators.
 
check for bad pilot bushing will probly have to
split. to do that. if bush is bad will let disk hit
the edges on flywhell. make it jurk.
 
Making a little bracket that is next to the clutch and extends in the direction of the pedal push, will work. It can be an inch away from the pedal so you can push the edge of the sole of your shoe on it to dampen motion. Jim
 
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